ORG620: Strategic Management Capstone

Undergraduate Syllabus

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Course Description

In this course students will create a strategic plan for a nonprofit, for-profit or ministry organization, with a particular focus on nonprofits. (3 credits)

Course Outcomes

To support the Program Outcomes marked with an asterisk above, ORG620 is built around four course objectives:

1. Conduct stakeholder analysis and collect and analyze feedback from stakeholders to inform strategic planning.
2. Synthesize a biblical philosophy of ministry for your organization and use that to guide mission, values and all aspects of strategy.
3. Analyze all the functional domains of an organization and synthesize into priorities in a strategic plan including: Accounting, Organizational/Human Resources/Board Development, Cross-Cultural Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Marketing/Fundraising and Christian Values Integration.
4. Create a strategic plan for a nonprofit, for-profit, or ministry organization.

Program Outcomes

ORG620 is offered by City Vision’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. This course supports one of six program outcomes for the MBA program, marked with an asterisk (*).

As a City Vision MBA graduate, you will be professionally competent in these six success areas:

1. Finance. Analyze the complexities of financial and administrative systems and apply that to make effective business decisions.
2. Innovation. Develop strategies and plans to effectively use technology and innovation to achieve organizational goals.
3. Relational. Develop and implement human capital, talent management and general human resource plans sensitive to the dynamics of corporate human behavior in different cultural contexts.
4. Values. To develop plans to achieve their own personal vocation and calling as well as bringing social change to the world in line with Christian values.
5. Strategy. To develop a synthesis to integrate a wide range of business skills into a plan for starting or growing an organization.*
6. Specialization. Demonstrate professional competencies in a specialty area appropriate for managerial roles in private industry, public sector institutions, and not-for-profit agencies.

Required Texts

Students are required to purchase these texts before the first day of classes. 

• Allison, M., & Kaye, J. (2015). Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide for Dynamic Times (3rd edition). Hoboken: Wiley. ISBN: 1118768140

Guidelines for Written Work

All written work must follow our Writing Format and Forum Requirements. You must read these to understand how to cite sources appropriately.

Critical Policies to Read for This Course

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• What plagiarism is and how to avoid it 

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This syllabus is subject to change without notice up until the first day of the semester. Last updated: December 14, 2022